Folding baby-carriage.



No. 874,308. PATENTED DEC. 17, 190?. G. E. DANN. FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1907.

2 SHEETB-SHEET 1.

PATENTED DEC. 1'7, 190?,

G. E. DANN.

FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 28, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

spective view of-the UNITED sTAT s PATENT OFFICE.

GliUlil'jl-I l5. MANN ()l" NEW HAVEN. t'HXNl-IVllt'lT. AFSlGNUIl 'lU Till) R.\'l"l'.\N ill-G. (It), Ol" NEW HAVEN. CUXXEC'IICUT, A LIUl'!I'UHATIUN.

FOLDING BABY-CARRIAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

Application tiled August 28. 1907- Serial No. 390.471.

To all zrimm i 1 may, concern citizen of the L'nited Stat-es, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of (onnecticuh have invented a new and useful improvementin Folding Baby- (Eirriagcs; and i do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith the accompanyinp drawings andthe letters of reference marked thereon, to be aifull, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in 'Figure 1 a sideview ofa-carriage constructed in accordance with my invention, shown in the open osition. Fig. 12 a per fiamc portion of the carriage, with the wheels removed. Fig. 3 a side-view of the frame work of a baby carriage shown in the folded position.

This invention relates to an improvement in folding-baby carriages, and particularly to those of the more substantial class, that is,

' carriages which areexpected to sustain the in application filed July 8th, 1907 {Serial No. .382,613; and the-invention consists in the.

use oft-he regular standing carriage and yet 'be capable of folding into small space, the.

objectof the invention being to provide. a carriage whiclrwhcn inthe open position shall be extremely rigid, and is an'improvement onthe carriage shown and described Construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

The main part of this present invention relates especially to the running gear. 'The carriage comprises side bars 2, 3, connected at the forward ends by a dash rail 4, the rear ends 5, 6, being slightly curved upward and pivoted to the handle bars 7 which may be formed integral with the handle 8.

I Secured to and extending downward from i the rear of the side bars are brackets 9 havingre-ar axle arms 10 and brace arms 11, and extendlng downward from the forward ends of the side bars aresimilar brackets 12 gral with the axles and extending inward therefrom are hooks 20 and 21. PIVOtQdiO I I Y the brace arms 1 1 are braces 22 which extend Be it known that 1, Gnonon E. Dxxx', a'

down for engagement with the hooks 20 and which extend above the side bars for connection by links 23 with the handle bars 7. Pi\" oted to the forward brace arms it are similar braces 24 which engage with the hooks 21 while their upper ends are connected by links .25 with the braces 22. I

Pivotcd to the rear ends '5 and b of the side bars is a latch bar 26 having forwardly extending arms 27 which engage with pins on the braces 22, so that when the brace" .22 and 24 are engaged with the respective axle hooks 20 and21 the parts of the frame will be locked in that open position.

axle frames the arms 9 are preferably fin-med withlugs 29 against which the axle frames strike. I

. The upperpart of the-carriage is substantially the same as in the application before referred to and comprises arms 30 connected by braces 31 with springs 32 which are socured to the side bars, except that instead of securing the braces to the endsv of the s rings 32 the said springs areprojidded at t leir outer ends with downwardly extending arms 33 to which the braces are pivoted at a point below the outer ends of the springs which facilitates folding. The seat 34 is supported by a seat bracket 35 which is formed from a U-shaped piece of wire pivoted to the arm braces 31. The back and top, if there be one, may be of any approved construction not here necessary to refer .to.

is in the open position; and to close it the mits the arms to be folded forward, an as the arms fold forward the'braces 22 and 24 fold, rearward and pass out of on with the axle hooks 20 and 21 so that when the braces are in the folded position the axle frames may be folded inward. As in the previous construction the seat moves forward when the handle armsare turned forward.

To open the carriage it is only necessary to grasp the handle 8 and lift it when the weight of the parts will bring them into their open 22 an 24 forcing the axle frames 15 and 16 outwardl' It will be noted that by forming the hooks To limit the outward movement of the.

The carriage as has thns far been described,

latch bar 26 is turned to lift the arms 27 out of engagement with the p1ns28 which er-'- agemen t position, the movement of the bracesfor the braces 22 and 24 at a point closely adjacent to the axles, a very rigid frame is secured.

I claim 1. A folding baby carriage comprising. side bars, arms extending downwardthere from axle frames pivoted to said arms, axles and axle hooks carried by said frames, and braces connected with said side barsan'd adapted to en age with said axle hooks, snb 'st'antially as escribed.

2. A folding baby carriage comprising side bars, arms extending downward. therefroin, axle frames pivoted to sald arms, axles secured tosaid frames and formed with inwardly extending integral hooks, and braces pivotally connected with said side bars and adapted to on age with said axleho'oks, substantially as described.

' 3' A ,folding baby carriage comprising side bars, arms extending downward therefrom, axle frames pivoted tosaidarms, axles and axle hooks carried by saldframes, rear;-

qand forward braces pivotally' connected with said side bars and adapted to be engaged by said hooks, links connectin said braces, handle bars connected with'sai .bars,

and links connecting said handle bars with the said rear braces. g V

4. A folding baby carriage comprising sidebars," arms extending downward therefrom, axle frames'pivoted to said arms,;axles' I and axle hooks carried by said-frames, 'rear' and forward braces pivotally connected with said side bars and adapted to be en a 'ed by races,

said hooks, linksconnecting sairf handle bars connected with said bars, links connecting said handle bars with the said described. I

rear braces and latches pivotally connected with the s de bars and adapted to engage .,with said rearbraces.

nation with the side bars thereof, of handle bars ivoted thereto, springs secured to said side ars and extending upwardly and forwardly therefrom, arm braces connected with said springs, arms connected withTsai-d braces andwith the handlebars; and a seat support formed from a single piece-of metal the ends of which are pivoted to the arm braces, substantially as describedf nation with the side bars thereof, of handle bars ivoted thereto, springs secured to said side Em; and extending, upwardly and for Wardly .theref om, -said springs provided at their outer e'nds'fwith downwardlyextending spring arms, arm b races pivoted to said spring-arms; arms connected withsaid braces and -iivith-- the a In testimony :Whereof, I- have signed this 'pecification' in the presence of'two subscribing witnesses. Q r

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7. In a folding baby carriage, the combihandle bars, substantially as axle hooks carried by said frames, 

